Disable WP REST API vs WP REST Cache

Does one thing: Completely disables the WordPress REST API for visitors who are not logged into WordPress. No configuration required. Important: This plugin completely disables the WP REST API for visitors who are NOT logged in to WordPress. So not recommended if your site needs the WP REST API for any non-logged users. 👉 The fast, simple way to prevent abuse of your site’s REST/JSON API 👉 Protects your site’s REST data from all non-logged users and bots 👉 Uses only 4KB of code, so super lightweight, fast, and effective 🛠️ Pro version available! Check out REST Pro Tools » Features Disable REST/JSON for visitors (not logged in) Disables REST header in HTTP response for all users Disables REST links in HTML head for all users 100% plug-and-play, set-it-and-forget solution How does it work? This plugin completely disables the WP REST API unless the user is logged into WordPress. For logged-in (authenticated) users, WP REST API works normally For logged-out (unauthenticated) users, WP REST API is disabled What happens if logged-out visitor makes a JSON/REST request? They will get only a simple message: rest_login_required: REST API restricted to authenticated users. This message may customized via the filter hook, disable_wp_rest_api_error. Check out this post for an example of how to do it. Pro Version 🛠️ Check out the Pro version, REST Pro Tools, loaded with many awesome features: One-click disable all routes One-click disable all /users routes Disable any specific user routes based on role Whitelist any user IDs Whitelist any IP addresses Customize the REST error message Customize the REST response code Always require or force SSL/TLS Disable all JSONP shenanigans One-click disable any REST API headers Add any post meta (custom field) to REST API Add any user meta (custom field) to REST API Add routes for site profile and author profile Add routes for featured images and post categories Add routes for post taxonomies and terms At-a-glance check status of REST API The free version does only one thing: disables REST API for unauthenticated users. The PRO version can do that and much more! Take full control of the REST API with REST Pro Tools » Privacy This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way. If anything it improves user privacy, as it protects potentially sensitive information from being displayed/accessed via REST API. Disable WP REST API is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author. Support development of this plugin I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books: The Tao of WordPress Digging into WordPress .htaccess made easy WordPress Themes In Depth Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins: BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress REST Pro Tools – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

Are you facing speed issues, using the WordPress REST API? This plugin will allow WordPress to cache the responses of the REST API, making it much faster. This plugin offers: Caching of all default WordPress REST API GET-endpoints. Caching of (custom) post type endpoints. Caching of (custom) taxonomy endpoints. Automated flushing of caches if (some of) its contents are edited. Manual flushing of all caches. Manual flushing of specific caches. A counter how many times a cache has been retrieved. Specifying after what time the cache should be timed out. Registering custom endpoints for caching. Automatic cache regeneration. WP REST Cache Pro For more advanced features, check out our WP REST Cache Pro plugin: Configure custom endpoints for caching through the wp-admin interface. Configure relationships within endpoints. No coding required. Installation from within WordPress Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’ (or ‘My Sites > Network Admin > Plugins > Add New’ if you are on a multisite installation). Search for ‘WP REST Cache’. Activate the WP REST Cache plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. Go to “after activation” below. Installation manually Upload the wp-rest-cache folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. Activate the WP REST Cache plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. Go to “after activation” below. After activation Visit ‘Plugins > Must-Use’ (or ‘My Sites > Network Admin > Plugins > Must-Use’ if you are on a multisite installation). Check if the ‘WP REST Cache – Must-Use Plugin’ is there, if not copy the file wp-rest-cache.php from the /sources folder of the WP REST Cache Plugin to the folder /wp-content/mu-plugins/. Optionally: The default timeout for caches generated by the WP REST Cache plugin is set to 1 year. If you want to change this: Visit ‘Settings > WP REST Cache’. Change the Cache timeout.